1/18 Ferrari 333SP, Daytona 1998

[Pascal D]

It's been a while. The exhausts have given me a lot of headaches. But after much trial and error I found a method that works for me.

I don't know how many times I build and rebuild the exhaust tubes, but here's some pics of the different versions.

Electric wire :



Solder wire :






Leftover plastic (sprues) from a 1/35 scale tank :





I modified the engine in order to fit the exhaust tubes :





And then I finally found the right method to make the exhaust, a mixture of sprue, solder wire and aluminium wire :







Let's compare it with a reference pic :



YES, were getting there !!

Sincerely

Pascal

[Cookster007]

You certainly are getting there. Great work and I will be watching with interest.

Anthony

[Pascal D]

Thanks Anthony

After a lot of hours of bending, cutting, sanding and dryfitting the left set of three inner pipes is ready :





The engine compartment has a big airscoop. I opened up the hole in the front and glued the inner part with CA which was covered with flour :





The Hot Wheels version looks like this :



The real one looks like this (this is not a picture of the car that won the race, but it has the same type of airscoop) :



I used my dremel to cut a line that will hold the top horizontal frame :



Step 1 :





Step 2 :

[till.a.fischer]

Great Project, I'm watching this closely.

I once saw a 333SP at the 25th anniversary of FErrari Club Deutschland in Baden-Baden.
The car was supposed to be driven in the park but unfortunately they decided not to drive her because of the uneven pavement.

But to her them warm up the engine was worth the visit.
Revving up and up - what a music....

Good luck with your project